Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: August 13
August 13, 2024 is the 226th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 140 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Tuesday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Leo is your zodiac sign. Peridot is your modern birthstone. Diamond is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: August 13
- 3114 BC –According to the Lounsbury correlation, the start of the Maya calendar.
- 1516 –The Treaty of Noyon between France and Spain is signed. Francis I of France recognises Charles’s claim to Naples, and Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, recognises Francis’s claim to Milan.
- 1521 –Tenochtitlán (present day Mexico City) falls to conquistador Hernán Cortés.
- 1814 –The Convention of London, a treaty between the United Kingdom and the United Provinces, is signed in London.
- 1898 –Spanish–American War: Spanish and American forces engaged in a mock battle for Manila, after which the Spanish commander surrendered in order to keep the city out of Filipino rebel hands.
- 1913 –Otto Witte, an acrobat, is purportedly crowned King of Albania.
- 1962 –Representatives from the Russian Orthodox Church and the Holy See meet in Metz, France, and come to an agreement wherein the Russian church would send observers to the Second Vatican Council and in exchange, the Roman Catholic Church would refuse to condemn Communism.
- 1979 –The roof of the uncompleted Rosemont Horizon near Chicago, Illinois collapses, killing 5 workers and injuring 16.
- 2004 –156 Congolese Tutsi refugees are massacred at the Gatumba refugee camp in Burundi.
- 2011 –The main stage collapses at the Indiana State Fair in Indianapolis during a hurricane-force wind gust ahead of an approaching severe thunderstorm, killing 7 and injuring 45.
Who were born on August 13?
- 1790 –William Wentworth, Australian explorer and politician (d. 1872)
- 1918 –Frederick Sanger, English chemist, two-time Nobel Laureate
- 1930 –Wilfried Hilker, German football referee
- 1952 –Herb Ritts, American photographer (d. 2002)
- 1958 –Feargal Sharkey, Northern Irish vocalist (The Undertones)
- 1961 –Tom Perrotta, American novelist
- 1967 –Amélie Nothomb, Belgian writer
- 1973 –Brittany Andrews, American pornographic actress
- 1974 –Jarrod Washburn, American baseball player
- 1979 –Román Colón, Dominican baseball player
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